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Diablo 3 Guide

Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, Feb 5, 2016.

  • by booman, Feb 5, 2016 at 12:54 PM
  • booman

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    Diablo 3 is the long awaited successor to Diablo 2. We all waited 12 years to see what Blizzard Entertainment would conjure up to renew the franchise. It was well worth the wait! Return to the town of Tristram with new classes, weapons, loot and beautiful graphics.

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    Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Diablo 3 in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

    Note: This guide applies to the Battle.net version of Diablo 3. Other versions may require additional steps.

    Tips & Specs:

    To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

    Mint 18.3 64-bit
    PlayOnLinux: 4.2.12
    Wine: 3.0

    Wine Installation

    Click Tools
    Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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    Look for the Wine Version: 3.0
    Select it
    Click the arrow pointing to the right
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    Click Next

    Downloading Wine
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    Extracting

    Downloading Gecko
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    Installed
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    Downloading Battle.net

    Go to: www.battle.net
    Click "Get the desktop app for Battle.net"
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    Click Download
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    Click Windows
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    Navigate to your desktop
    Click Save
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    PlayOnLinux Setup

    Launch PlayOnLinux
    Click Install
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    Click "Install a non-listed program"
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    Click Next

    Select "install a program in a new virtual drive"
    Click Next
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    Name the virtual drive: diablo3
    Click Next
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    Check all three options:
    • Use another version of wine
    • Configure Wine
    • Install some libraries
    Click Next
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    Select Wine 3.0
    Click Next
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    Select "32 bits windows installation"
    Click Next
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    Wine Configuration

    Applications Tab
    Windows Version: Windows 7
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    Graphics Tab
    Check "Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows"
    Click OK
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    PlayOnLinux Packages (DLL's, Libraries, Components)

    Check the following:
    • POL_Install_corefonts
    • POL_Install_d3dx9
    • POL_Install_tahoma
    Click Next
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    Note: All packages will automatically download and install

    Installing Battle.net

    Click Browse

    Navigate to your Desktop
    Select "Battle.net-Setup.exe"
    Click Open
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    Select Language
    Click Continue
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    Uncheck "Add desktop shortcut for Battle.net"
    Click Continue
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    An error about Battle.net Helper.exe will pop up
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    Battle.net installation will crash, but its still installed
    Uncheck "Send to Blizzard"
    Click Close
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    PlayOnLinux Shortcut

    Wait for the shortcut dialog to appear
    Select "Battle.net.exe"
    Click Next
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    Name your shortcut: Diablo III
    Click Next
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    Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
    Click Next
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    PlayOnLinux Configure

    Select Diablo III
    Click Configure
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    General Tab
    Wine version: 3.0
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    Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of Wine.

    Display Tab
    Video memory size: Enter the amount of memory your video card/chip uses
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    Installing Visual C 2015

    Miscellaneous Tab
    Click "Open a Shell"
    Copy/Paste:
    Code:
    wget  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Winetricks/winetricks/master/src/winetricks
    Press Enter

    Copy/Paste
    Code:
    chmod +x winetricks
    Press Enter

    Copy/Paste
    Code:
    WINEPREFIX=/home/username/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/diablo3 ./winetricks -q vcrun2015
    Press Enter

    Note: Replace "username" with your login

    Close Shell

    Close Configure

    Launching Diablo III

    Select Diablo III
    Click Run
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    Click the Gear
    Click "Continue without logging in"
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    Select Diablo III
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    Click "Start Install"
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    Wait for Diablo III to install...
    Click Play
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    Login
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    Optimization

    Press Esc key or click Settings icon
    Click Options
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    Adjust:
    • Display
    • Resolution
    • Lock cursor
    • Letterbox
    • Vertical Sync
    • Reflections
    • Fax Foreground FPS
    • Max Background FPS
    • Texture Quality
    • Shadow Quality
    • Physics
    • Clutter Density
    • Anti-Aliasing
    • Low FX
    Click Apply
    Click Accept
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    Conclusion:
    Diablo III ran perfectly once I realized Battle.net could be launched without signing in. There is a bug with something related to authenticating and I was never able to sign-in to Battle.net. So you can still download Diablo III in Battle.net and then sign-in after launching the game. Then I was able to play just fine, even co-op worked great.

    Gameplay Video:


    Screenshots:
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    Last edited: Feb 4, 2018
    booman, Feb 5, 2016
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Discussion in 'Guides' started by booman, Feb 5, 2016.

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  1. Bruh
    I dont know about Visual C 2015 (have to be downloaded separately or is it included on Wine ? ) but I appear to have avoided the problem. I had the CD hanging around so I basically copy/paste the Diablo 3 installer.exe file that it was containing on a USB stick and then asked Wine to use this exe instead of the basic battle net exe showed in the tutorial. Seems to be working atm. Its downloading and still has 12Gb left to fetch. Wait and see, I guess.
    Bruh, May 25, 2018
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  2. booman
    Awesome!
    In our case with Wine, you can just use Battle.net to download Diablo 3.
    After that you can make a shortcut to Diablo and login from there.
    If they ever decide to require Battle.net login to play Diablo, then we need to troubleshoot why we can't login.
    Until then, happy gaming!
    booman, May 25, 2018
    #22
  3. Bruh
    Well actually i tried to launch it when partially downloaded (you know the thing that lets you play while the game is still being downloaded in the background) which made it crash and broke it....so i had to restart it again... I guess thats gaming on linux, you have to deserve what you want !
    Bruh, May 25, 2018
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  4. booman
    Yeah, so true... I didn't even try that because I assumed it would cause issues.
    But it works in Drakensang though.
    booman, May 26, 2018
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  5. Bruh
    I never heard of that game, looks cool. Might not even need to use PoL as apparently it runs on browser ?
    Bruh, May 26, 2018
    #25
  6. booman
    Drakensang is amazing! But, of course, there is a recent patch with the mouse that makes it unplayable.
    booman, May 27, 2018
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  7. SafetyFast
    I followed the guide (mostly) and got the Battle.net app running. It downloaded Diablo III, but the game won't launch. When I click Play, the button changes to "launching", then "game is running." After a few seconds the button turns back to "Play." I had to do a 64-bit Windows 7 and wine v38 to get this far. I couldn't get any of the 2.x staging versions to work (missing DLL error launching B.net in 16 and 32 bit installs). I tried Wine 30 but that also threw the DLL error. I feel like I'm close, but I'm new to POL and at a loss. I'll spend some time educating myself, but if anyone has any suggestions that might speed the process, I'd be most appreciative! Thanks in advance.
    SafetyFast, May 28, 2018
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  8. Bruh
    Same for me bud' :'( Anyways i realised it only gives you the first chapter of the game. If you want the full game, you need to use your activation key...which is single use and i my case was allready used for my father's acount...
    Bruh, May 28, 2018
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  9. SafetyFast
    SafetyFast, May 28, 2018
    #29
  10. SafetyFast
    Well, darn! I was hoping you'd gotten it solved for me! :) I may fiddle with it some more, but I went through this a little over a year ago - finally got it to run but the performance was horrible; completely unplayable. I guess I'll keep the Windows box around for D3 and one or two other games that don't play well on Linux. Thanks for the response!
    SafetyFast, May 28, 2018
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  11. Bruh
    You are wellcome :D
    Bruh, May 29, 2018
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  12. booman
    My wife and I are using Wine 2.21-staging to play Diablo III
    We are still currently playing it without issue. I definitely tried Wine 3.0 vresion and got crash errors, so "staging" is required for now.
    Were you both able to manually install Visual C 2015 like in the guide?

    We also do not sign into Battle.net
    When you get a login screen, you can click the "gear" and select "continue without logging in"
    So you are basically not signed in, but can download and launch Diablo III. Once its launched you have to sign into Diablo III. We are good after that and can play just fine.
    booman, May 31, 2018
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